S2 Ep 15 - Animal Engineering
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Philippe Cousteau looks at some amazing feats of construction by animals. He visits a beekeeper who shows the incredibly precise honeycomb formations made by bees. Then we visit a spider display in Los Angeles and look closely at the intricacies of a spider web. Philippe travels to Pennsylvania where a beaver has been building several dams all by himself. We’ll also look at various types of bird nests, including a bird that actually builds a false entrance to fool potential prey.
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